Yes i'd play him.

The guy isn't gonna get any taller so he's gonna have to learn to deal with this aspect of the game isn't he?

Who says he has to defend on the wing btw? Why can't we just stick someone larger on the wing on the last tackle?

If he's fit he plays.

How many ex wigan lads were in the winning team again last night? Remind me?

How many aging ockers were in the losing team last night?

Yes. Play him. If needs be let Carmont drop back for the kicks so ainscough isn't as exposed under the high balls.

One of them had to leave, the loose mouthed t.w@t.
Not someone I'd want in my team, grassing on a team mate!!

We had Dallas and Carney against Stains. We managed to win then.

Yeah lets drop one of the very few who shows passion for the club..I dont care if we get slaughtered all i want is passionate players.

How many Huddersfield born players did you have in your team? Sort your own young players out before you comment on others. Thanks.

I think you give us alot of credit there.

Play the lad he would give more heart to a derby than any of the other 'journeymen'. I'd rather see passion in a derby for once, and actually hope he scores (not the winning try obviously

). It would do his confidence the world of good.

St Helens will put 50 on us whether ainscough plays or not , do u really think phelps/pryce is gonna change a single thing?

Two. Very poor indeed.
Soley rely on other teams Academies to recruit year after year..!!


Brett Hodgson - Aus
=redMartin Aspinwall - Wigan
Michael Lawrence - Huddersfield
Paul Whaturia - New Zealand
David Hodgson - Hull via Wigan / Salford
Kevin Brown - Haydock via Wigan
Luke Robinson - Halifax via Wigan / Salford
Keith Mason - Dewsbury via Saints & Cas
Scott Moore - St Helens (On Loan)
Darrell Griffin - Oxford
Jamahl Lolesi - New Zealand
=redStephen Wild - Wigan
Simon Finnigan - Warrington

Eorl Crabtree - Cleethorpes
David Faiumu - New Zealand
Andy Raleigh - Huddersfield
Danny Kirmond - Featherstone

Strangely only 2 actual Wigan born players (Brown is Haydock, which is more St Helens than Wigan)

jesus thats pathetic

He has not missed many high balls last night was a bit of an exception had a bad night i would rest him against Barrow give him a week off he looked a little tired last night. He is only young and is not fully used to playing at Super league standard so maybe he is feeling it a little give the lad a rest for a week

Andy Raleigh was from Hull KR

Via Huddersfield
Like Crabtree who is a local lad too.

8/10 for effort, minus several million for getting the point.

I wasnt having a go at Wigans academy programme, but the mindnumbingly stupid way in which the talented young players are cast off in favour of second rate bread stealers looking to build on their pension

This was true under the previous regeime, who effectively left our pay structure bolloxed!
3-4 players on megamoney, whilst the majority were on lower wages, plus over the cap 2 years running!
We've had to improve our playing squad this season (and last) with some low paid players on short term contracts to allow us to improve contracts elsewhere to achieve balance, but they are still not there yet (Fielden / Bailey).

Like I said, we've seen enough of Ainscough, Sam Tomkins, Joel Tomkins, Paul Prescott to know that these are the new breed and mistakes that have been made in the past will not be repeated.

Our chairmans vision is to see a top class team made up of:

8-10 Top Class Local Lads.
3-4 Top Class UK Players
3-4 World Class Imports.

With 1-2 Local lads making the first team squad year on year on a rotating basis.
A similar structure to when we were successful back in the 90's.

YAWN

Yes and that's why the current board have stated that our young players will not be going anywhere at the expense of aging aussies. Keep up at the back will you.

SO why are so many Wigan fans desperate to find someone new to sign?

Hey, I hope you do keep your young kids, local kids playing for their home club is what its about, while we had 4 local lads in our team last night, there are as many again on the fringes, last week agaisnt quins we had 5 or 6 and its the way ahead for all clubs.

I suppose a small number will have to:

1) Our Reserve & Academy Teams are successful year on year and we couldn't manage to keep ALL the young players.

2) Super League would collapse as the 'usual clubs' who have depended on our surplus would either cease to exist or suddenly realise they have to stand on their own two feet an recruit from within!

Couldn't agree more as there is no doubt he'll be in for a very busy game , he'll sink or swim but our other options are equally shaky.

For me, it's more a question of managing him rather than hoping he stands up to the constant pressure he'll be under, if Long kicks him to death then his development may go backwards for a while. On the other hand you can't always wrap him up in cotton wool, i'll sit on the fence with this one

I'm not (for this season).

For next I want Bailey / Phelps / Smith / Mathers out.
And in I want a good quality enforcer (S*hithouse) prop and a decent centre. If one of those players has good leadership / captain qualities, even better!

I also want the club not to renew Noble's contract. The Wigan public need to see something different on the field than what we've seen for the last 2 years, cause this has been mindnumbingly boring since we stayed up in 2006.

Play him, this game doesn't matter the league isn't won in April

Frig off

It used to be. But you wouldn't remember before 1996 would you?.